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Four people in custody after person with gun reported at Women’s and Children’s

UPDATE 10:10 p.m.: Four people are now in custody after a man with a gun was reported at Women’s & Children’s Hospital on Friday night, according to MU spokesman Christian Basi. MU Alert also tweeted shortly after that the situation was all clear.

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UPDATE 9:15 p.m.: Three people are now in custody, according to an MU Alert.

Police are still searching for a black man in a green hoodie and dreadlocks last seen near Staybridge Suites on Keene Street.

UPDATE 9:00 p.m.: Another MU Alert said a man in a blue shirt is now in custody. Two other men are still on the run. One of the men is described as a black man in a green hoodie with dreadlocks, and he is reportedly near Staybridge Suites on Keene Street.

ORIGINAL: An MU Alert said a man with a gun was reported at Women’s and Children’s hospital in Columbia on Friday night.

There are no reports of shots fired at the hospital at this time. It’s unclear if anyone is in custody or how many suspects are involved. Another tweet from MU Alert shows a suspect with a gun was chasing another man outside the hospital.

This is a developing story, we will keep you update as we learn more information.

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{“url”:”https://twitter.com/MUalert/status/1144782140388913152″,”author_name”:”MU Alert”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/MUalert”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;MU Alert: Person with gun at Womens & Childrens Hospital, 404 N Keene St. No shots reported. Leave/stay away from area. Police are responding. Update to follow&#lt;/p&#gt;– MU Alert (@MUalert) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/MUalert/status/1144782140388913152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;June 29, 2019&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}

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